Mark Twain Middle School eighth-grade student Alex Couraud won first-place in the Masonic Speech Contest, Riley Johnston of Pratum took second-place and Josh Anderson of Scotts Mills earned third-place. Eighth-grade students - one student from each outlying school and three ...

Learn all about bees including how to build bee boxes and grow bee friendly plants at the Silverton Farmers’ Market on May 23.
Ryan Basile, a hobby bee keeper, will be available from 10 a.m. to noon to answer questions and ...

By Jim Kinghorn
Glenn Damewood has doubled the size of Mac’s Place’s creekside deck and also added a roof to make it enjoyable in any weather. It used to be you had to go out to the deck to avoid the ...

By Cambria Roth
At 3 Rebecca Cross was gliding across the wooden floors of the Silverton Ballet and Performing Arts Co.
This summer and fall the Silverton High senior will take her talent and experience to the graduate program for the Pittsburgh ...

By Cambria Roth
The Silverton High School Speech and Debate team won its second consecutive state championship with an outstanding performance at the OSAA 5A Speech State Championship.
Senior Diana Cater and sophomore Haley Karlson will compete at the National Forensic League ...

By Katie Tolmachoff
Char Strunk, secretary at Mark Twain Middle School, is retiring after nearly 30 years of service in education, 20 of them with the Silver Falls School District.
At times, Strunk jested, the workplace has felt like a three-ring circus. ...

By Kristine Thomas
The stage was set for a showdown between two of the top female discus throwers in the Tri-River Conference. All spring, the two throwers went back and forth – one winning one week, the other the next.
They shared ...

By Kristine Thomas
The closure of Silver Falls Bank has resulted in three financial institutions opening in Silverton with a fourth pondering the move.
Citizens Bank opened Feb. 23 in the location of the former Silver Falls Bank, after the Oregon Department ...